QNR – in the Senedd on 1 November 2016.
I will be making an oral statement about the plenary meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee later this afternoon.
Our new strategic equality plan will build on our progress in tackling inequality and achieving greater fairness through the delivery of eight outcome-focused equality objectives. These cross-governmental objectives were developed following extensive engagement and consultation with people with protected characteristics and other stakeholders across Wales.
The latest discussions took place at the plenary meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee on Monday 24 October. I will be making a fuller statement on that meeting later this afternoon.
In 2015, we published an initial scoping report into reopening this line. Subsequently, we funded a further appraisal of the regional transport needs, which is currently being finalised. I am pleased that we have included further development funding in the draft budget.